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Halcon Resources (HK) surged on high volume on Monday as peer company Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) skyrocketed. Goodrich rose more than 30% after it announced completion of its Blades 33H-1 well in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Halcon rose alongside Goodrich and surged more than 10% to a high of $5.22 for the day as of 1:20 p.m. More than 9 million shares had changed hands by that point, nearly double the average volume of 4,980,040.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Halcon Resources (HK) surged on high volume on Monday as peer company Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) skyrocketed.

Goodrich rose more than 30% after it announced completion of its Blades 33H-1 well in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Halcon rose alongside Goodrich and surged more than 10% to a high of $5.22 for the day as of 1:20 p.m.

More than 9 million shares had changed hands by that point, nearly double the average volume of 4,980,040.

Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates HALCON RESOURCES CORP as a "sell" with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:

"We rate HALCON RESOURCES CORP (HK) a SELL. This is driven by a number of negative factors, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, generally high debt management risk, disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself."

Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:

The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 5003.7% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$8.04 million to -$410.39 million.

The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 2.20 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. Along with this, the company manages to maintain a quick ratio of 0.49, which clearly demonstrates the inability to cover short-term cash needs.

Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, HALCON RESOURCES CORP's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.

Net operating cash flow has declined marginally to $102.32 million or 2.18% when compared to the same quarter last year. Despite a decrease in cash flow HALCON RESOURCES CORP is still fairing well by exceeding its industry average cash flow growth rate of -23.28%.

Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 42.00%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 2425.00% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Naturally, the overall market trend is bound to be a significant factor. However, in one sense, the stock's sharp decline last year is a positive for future investors, making it cheaper (in proportion to its earnings over the past year) than most other stocks in its industry. But due to other concerns, we feel the stock is still not a good buy right now.

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